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Enemy Alien
197526 min 49 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jeanette Lerman
Production: Wolf Koenig
Script: Stanley JacksonJeanette Lerman
This is about a people who dared to ask: "What are they going to do with us?" The Japanese-Canadians fought long and hard to be accepted as Canadians. It is important that the long story of frustration and injustice, mistrust and hate, and eventual triumph should be remembered. This film tells that story.
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Subject categories
- History - Canada - 1920-1945 > Asian CanadiansCanada at WarJapanese Experience
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Asian OriginsDiscriminationHistorical PerspectivesJapanese OriginsSocio-economic contribution of Immigrants
- Diversity > Diversity in Communities
- Civics/Citizenship > Human Rights
- Social Studies > Social History
- History > World War II
Credits
- director
- Jeanette Lerman
- editing
- Jeanette Lerman
- executive producer
- Wolf Koenig
- commentary
- Stanley Jackson
- Jeanette Lerman
- camera
- Eugene Boyko
- animation camera
- Raymond Dumas
- Simon Leblanc
- sound editing
- John Knight
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- consultant
- David Suzuki
- narrator
- Stanley Jackson
- music
- Eldon Rathburn
Awards
- Electra Certificate of Award for the Most Outstanding Film - Special Category: CanadaInternational Educational Film Festival
- Red Ribbon Award - Category: History and ArcheologyItinerant - American Film and Video Festival